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    This has been a great thread, I've enjoyed all your wanderings, and it's given me an incenntive to explore east of SH1...I've always thought it was just boring flat land and straaight roads. So, why have you sold the bike ?
    In and out of jobs, running free
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    So, why have you sold the bike ?
    Retirement from work and looking at a much reduced income.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    This has been a great thread, I've enjoyed all your wanderings, and it's given me an incenntive to explore.
    Me too.

    Enjoyed every moment whether riding with or reading Awa's blogs.

    just don't give your gear away just yet......

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    Thank you awa355 for this thread and for sharing your adventures with us. For me your posts have shown to remind me what beauty exists in our countryside sub-102 km/hr.

    I hope this isn't really the end.

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    I too, as others have said, will miss your ride reports and photos. Thank you for taking the time to put the reports and photos together. All the best for your retirement. Cheers.

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    all the best Arthur, hope you win Lotto, and buy your dreambike !
    Thanks for all the ride reports.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Madness View Post
    Thank you awa355 for this thread and for sharing your adventures with us. For me your posts have shown to remind me what beauty exists in our countryside sub-102 km/hr.

    I hope this isn't really the end.
    Me too. Thanks for showing us your back yard, sad that there isn't room for more rides in your life just when you have more room to fit them in.

    All the best, and I really hope you get a chance to add to this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by awa355 View Post
    Retirement from work and looking at a much reduced income.
    Coming to me soon too, and decisions will have to be made, and a shed cleaned out. Despite what younger generations think, not all Baby Boomers are going to reitre millionares.
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    Someone said: "You don't stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding..."

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    I drove back from Taupo to Auckland this afternoon. I am completely over SH1 and SH27 / SH2, so when Google Maps suggested a route through Whakamaru, and Te Awamutu, I thought, why not.

    Very enjoyable drive from Taupo to Te Awamutu. Would be fun on a bike, especially Waipapa Road.

    The distance was actually less than SH1, and I doubt it took any longer given all of the roadworks on SH1 at the moment.

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    Our Central North Island IAM group had a cracker of a ride through the Waikato back roads in January. We really are blessed with some stunning roads with virtually no traffic. This is the route we took on Google Maps : https://goo.gl/maps/AcSWHhstJHF2

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    Returning for a look.

    Wow, useage of the ride/Tour reports have died off. I still recognize a number of names after three years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by awa355 View Post
    Wow, useage of the ride/Tour reports have died off. I still recognize a number of names after three years.
    Hey Ya awa355, still got those gloves I picked up from you in TA all those years ago.
    How's it all going?
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    hi Arthur?? been a while some of us still visit and occasionally catch up with some long time friends. cheers


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    Murray, caseye, good to know you are still around. Retired, and loving it. Everyday is a weekend. Taking photos is my enjoyment now. Local sports, widelife etc. Healthwise, hasn't been great for those around me. Cancer has attacked my wife, taken one sister, with another on her way out.

    I'm still ticking along but sad to see so many from way back to now falling by the way.
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